Smoking pipe and the like



F. B. STEPHENSON. SMOKING PIPE AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION man JUNE 19. 1920.

1 41 3 29 v Patenteq Apr. 18, 1922.

FR/w/rb SEN/03012 Fm; BI. s rnriinivsoiv, or, DENVER, coLoRAno,

SMOKING rirn iiivi THE LI To all whom it may concern:

Be itknownthat I, F RANK B. STEPHEN- so), a Citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Denven-in the county of Denver and State ofColorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in SmokingPipes and the like; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in pipes, cigarholders and similar smoking. implements; V

The main object of the invention is to afford a device of this characterwhich shall have a long smoke channel or passage but a short stem andwhich is of a simple, efiicient and easily cleaned construction.

A further object is to provide means to separate the smoke from salivaand condensation products so that the latter are retained in suitablereceptacles'and only the dry, clean smoke will be drawn into the smokersmouth. 7

Further objects will be more particularly indicated in connection withthe details of struction and arrangement of parts herein-c after morefully described and specified.

One sheet of drawings accompanies this specification as part thereof, inwhich like reference characters denote like parts throughout.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical medial sectional viewof the invention as applied to a pipe,

Figure 2 is a perspective view of a modified form of the device asapplied toa pipe, the parts thereof being shown disconnected,

Figure .3 is an enlarged perspective view of thecentral part of thedevice,

Figure 4 is an elevation of the central section and joints in amodification of form of construction shown in Fig 1,

Figures 5 and 8 are transverse sectional view taken in oppositedirections on the line A--A of Figure 1, and c 7 Figures 6 and 7 aretransverse sectional views taken in opposite directionson 'aline B -B ofFigure 1.

Referring to the drawings, the device consists essentially of threeparts, anend section a, an intermediate section b and a stemSpecification of Letters Batent. Patented Ap Application filed-June19,1920, Serial No. 399,104.

section 0. The end'sections are provided;

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with theordinary smoke ducts ian'dhave' i their endsreducedtoaccommodate the collars h. The intermediate section b is proshown inFigure l, the intermediatepart b, is furtherprovided on its: ends withtransverse tenons (Z and the ends ofthe stem section 0 and theendsection aarepreferably provided with mortisescZ adapted to receive v.such tenon's'd. in theform shown in Fig-L ure 2, reduced ends 9 ofthecentral section b are provided with mortises e and cone-- thecollarshmay be provided with mortises r to receive project ng portions 8 fromthe' central section. V c

The tenons d or e are so proportioned that when the parts are assembled,chambers 0 will be left at each end of the-inter mediate part Z) inwhich saliva and the prodnets of condensation will collect and beeliminated from the streamof smoke."

The end portions 0; may be made integral with the bowl of a pipe m ormay be provided with an extension ;0 adapted to fit 'in T any bowl it.Obviously, cigar or cigarette. 5

holders may be L substituted for the pipe bowl.

By lengthening the intermediate part b,

stems involving this invention can be made of any desired length to coolthe smoke and the smoke ducts 7, being straight, can be readily cleaned.By means of the mortise and tenon construction shown the partsof j the--stem are secured against rotation and heldin their proper relation toeach other,

preferably with at least one smoke duct in an elevated positionas shownin Figure 1/ j One of the important features of this iiivention is thearrangement of the tenons or partitions (Z with relation to each otherand with relation to the parallel ducts f. This arrangement is clearlyillustrated in Figs.

1, 2,3, 5: and 6, and the arrows thereon;

from examination of which itwill be seen ends of the central section. Toillustrate,

suppose the three ducts designated as ff" and f. The partition atone endwill sepa iio r so vided with-aplurality of parallel smoke ducts f andits ends are alsoredu'ced to ac-'- 'coinmodate the collars la In theform rate f and f from f' while the partition at the other end willseparate 7" from f" and f'. The respective chambers 0 form connectionsbetween the ends of'those ducts respectively terminating therein. Theresult is that the smoke passes from the bowl section into and throughone of the ducts as f to itsupper end, thence through chamber 0 into andthrough duct 7' to its lower end thence through chamber 0 into duct 7 toits upper end and into'the duct in the mouthpiece. Thus the smoke, inpassing from bowl section to mouthpiece, travels a distance equal tothat of a stem three times as long as the central section.

In previous inventions the smoke has been made to "travel three timesthe length of the stem but the means whereby this was accomplished weredifiicult of construction and cleaning as compared to my construction,and were less efficient and no saliva retaining means were provided inthe construction,

2. 111a pipe stem having two end parts,

each with a single smoke duct and an intermediate part with a pluralityof smoke ducts, said parts secured in spaced longitudinal alignment toform chambers at each end of the intermediate part, mortise and tenonconnections between said parts, said tenons forming transverse wallmembers between said parts dividing said chambers in such manner as toform one continuous smoke duct through the stern.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

FRANK B. STEPHENSON.

